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God Hates Astronauts, Vol. 1 (2013)

by Ryan Browne(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1607068087 (ISBN13: 9781607068082)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Image Comics

review 1: GHA is an absolutely bonkers, Venture Bros.-esque, parade through comic book history and tropes. The art is amazing to soak in, despite the oft disgusting nature of it all, and the writing is always fun, full of weird little in-jokes and wit. There's tons of great concepts here, and the book is never boring. I'm excited to see what Ryan Browne has in store for us now that the book is in the loving hands of Image comics. Absolutely read this if you are in the mood for something insane, that doesn't leave holes in the plot so big that you can poke a finger through. Th execution nails the ambition here.
review 2: How exactly I fell into Ryan Browne's fabulously silly world I don't remember - but this was the first Kickstarter project I ever funded. I'm a sucker fo... morer those that offer affordable physical copies as rewards and are (shock horror) wholly finished and just want money for printin'. The campaign was a huge success and several weeks later this handsome hardback volume found its way to me across the seas - packed with additional stretch-rewards, a bookmark - a sticker, some hilariously placed glossy bits on the cover. GHA started as a webcomic and is a shamelessly open love letter to the freedom of comics. The story is stream-of-conciousness, the characters ridiculous, the horde of nonsense literal SFX is magical ("De-FENESTRATE" as a character flies from a window) - it is liberated from the choking continuity cake and posturing melodrama of mainstream comics. What makes it even more compelling is Browne's skill - he's a ridiculously good colourist and a solid sequential artist which lends everything a bizarre weight and legitimacy despite the surreal madness. In the back of the volume are eighteen or so two-page origin stories for the main cast, as well as a similar number of random pin-ups - all from an enviably diverse roster of some of the hottest and most individualistic artistic talents in modern American comics. Tradd Moore, Cody Shibi and Kyle Strahm particularly are art kings. There's a potted GHA history (basically: blame Darick Robertson), two brilliant 24 hour comics (the former birthed GHA) and a nice reference guide.The only issue (and it isn't one really) is that the subtitle "completely complete edition" has been rendered invalid by Browne being snapped up by Image for a new on-going GHA series. The infectious popularity of the world is a testament to its undeniable freshness - lovingly made yet it clearly doesn't give a fuck and damn that's fun. less

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